About this title: One of three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, this book is a source for those who have no technical knowledge in the subject of time.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Hutchinson
Date Published: 1967
Description: GOOD. First edition. May be unread. Tanned with slight cover wear. Spine dry and may crack on reading. Main language English. No ISBN shown. Weight 268g. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson London
Date Published: 1965
Description: Very Good. Cloth hardback in a lightly rubbed and bumped dust jacket Clean and tight with minor wear. Over twenty years selling secondhand books. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: The Scientific Book Club
Date Published: 1967
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. An account of our changing concept of the time frame of the universe from the ancients onward and a consideration of the curious fact that modern cosmological disputes about time are no different at root than those in the pre-Christian era. Very good copy despite owner's signature and some wear to the bottom of a very good jacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780226808420ISBN:0226808424
Description: Used-Good. Size: 9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches; Binding tight. Minor shelf wear. Extensive annotations in ink until page 22; pages clean thereafter. Taking the history of science full circle to look at how scientists developed their ideas about history, The Discovery of Time is a delightful and thought-provoking companion to The Architecture of Matter and The Fabric of the Heavens. Authors Stephen Toulmin and June Goodfield explore the evolution of our thinking about the past clearly and plainly, ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co
Date Published: 1965
Description: Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition suitable as a reading copy. Ships within 24 hours. No dust jacket, 600grams, ISBN: read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson of London
Date Published: 1965
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. A small stain at top of pages. A tiny read stamp at front flyleaf. Dj shows minor edgewear. A clean and bright copy. Careful packing and fast, efficient shipping including delivery confirmation. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date Published: 1967
Description: Published by PENGUIN in 1967. Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Reading copy ONLY #7846858 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS
Date Published: 1967
Description: Published by PENGUIN BOOKS in 1967, paperback, medium size, wear to extremities, internally good, wear to head & tail of spine, without inscription. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date Published: 1967
Description: Paperback. GOOD READING COPY. Some corners bumped, spine worn and torn, hinges weak, page odges foxed, end papers foxed, illustrated in black and white. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
"Erudite and concise overview of the revolution in the natural and social sciences that stemmed from the discovery of geological time. This modest-sized volume, the third in a four-part series on The Ancestry of Science by the authors, noted philosophers, is nothing less than a "history of history". Originally published in paperback in 1965; inconceivably out-of-print since 1966."
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